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L. B. MELIUS. AUTOMATIC LAMP EXTINGUISHER.

Patented Oct. 15, 1889.

3 m z m% w lTE STATES aren't Orricni LYMAN B. MELIUS, OF OOPAKE IRON WVORKS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, AND JAMES M. HALSTED, OF NElV YORK, N. Y.

- AUTOMATIC L'AMP EXTlNGUISt-IER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Fatent No. d1'2,929, dated October 15, 188:9.

Application filed December 2'7, 1888. Serial No. 295,108. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, LYMAN B. MELIUS, of Oopake Iron lVorks, in the county of Columbia and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Automatic Lamp-Extinguisher, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to lamp-extinguishers, the object of the invention being to provide an extinguisher which will act automatically in case the lamp is undulyinclined from a vertical position.

The invention consists, essentially, of ahood arranged for connection with the wick-tube and a weighted frame arranged in connection with the hood, all as will be hereinafter more fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures and letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a burner, representing it as it appears when provided with my improved extinguisher, the parts being represented as they appear when the burner is in a vertical position. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the burner, the parts, however, being shown as they appear when the burner is inclined so as to bring the side from which the wickraising spindles extend lower than the opposite side. Fig. 3 is a central cross-sectional view of the burner and extinguisher, the View being taken on line a: x of Fig. 1. Fig. 1 is a plan view of the weighted frame, which is arranged in connection with the extinguishinghood. Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view on line y y of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the hood-sections. Fig. 7 is a plan view of the hood-supporting frame, the wicle-tube inclosing-frame being represented as it would appear if arranged for use in connection with a wick-tube having a side seam; and Fig. 8 is an end view of the extinguisher, the weighted frame being removed and the parts being represented as they appear when the hood is closed. v

In the drawings, 10 represents a sleeve of proper size to' closely fit upon a wick-tube such as the one shown at 117 From each side ally-extending lug 15 and on its opposite end with an outwardly-extending lug 16, the lugs 15 and 16 being so located that the lug 15 of one hood-section will fit over the lug 16 of the other hood-section.

In connection with the hood and its supporting-frame, as above described, I employ a frame made up of wires 17, that are bent toward each other at o, and downward at b, and to the downwardly-extending sections 0 of the wires 17, I secure weights 18. The frame made up of the wires 17 and weights 18 is placed about the hood-supporting frame, the parallel side lengths d of the wires 17 resting upon the arms 12.

I11 applying the extinguisher the sleeve 10 of the hood-supporting frame is placed about the wick-tube 11. The weighted frame made up of the wires 17 and weights 18 is then placed in the position shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the arms 12 supporting such frame. Then if the lamp is standing in a vertical position the hood-sections will fall back to the posi tion in which they are shown in Fig, 1; but but if the lamp should tilt-for instance, toward the side from which the wick-raising spindle extends, as shown in Fig. 2the inclined end sections of the wires 17 would bear against the hood-sections, and the weighted frame, moving toward the spindle, would carry such sections to the position in which they are shown in Fig. 2.

If the lamp should tilt toward the side marked 6 in Fig. 2, the side length d of the wire 17 located upon the side of the tube adjacent to the cap f, would bear against the adjacent hood-section and would move such section to the position in which it is shown in Fig. 2, and as such section is so moved its lug or ear 15 would bear upon the lug or ear 16 of the other hood-section, thereby raising said hoodsection and closing it against the section first above referred to, and should the lamp be tilted in any direction the frame, bearing against the hood-sections, would act to close them, and thereby extinguish the flame.

In certain instances the wick-tube 11 might be formed with a side seam, and to insure the fitting of the sleeve 10 over such wick-tube I should form said sleeve with a recess, as 9.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination, with a frame arranged to engage a Wick-tube and provided with laterally-extending arms, of hood-sections pivotally connected to the frame and a Weighted frame supported by the arms, substantially as described.

2. The combination,with a frame arranged to engage a WlCkllLlbQ and provided With laterally-extending arms, of hood-sections pivotally connected to the frame and provided With laterally and outwardly extending lugs or ears, and a Weighted frame supported by the laterally-extending arms of the hood-supporting'frarne, substantially as described.

3. The combination, With a sleeve 10, prolaterally-extending arms of the hood-carrying 35 frame, substantially as described.

LYMAN B. MELIUS. \Vitnesses:

O. SEDGWIOK, E. M. CLARK. 

